Vessel · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3041232
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Ole Jensen, Denmark (1963)Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
terracotta, dark brown engobe, spherical body and long neck, ornamentally decorated, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
pottery of the Mangbetu is distinguished by powerful shaping which in its ceramic creations, excluding figures, reminds of the archaic specimen of the Peruvian Chavin culture.
Comparing literature
Stößel, Arnulf, Afrikanische Keramik, München 1984, p. 330, ill. 302